8 For 'laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject' the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

10 For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth' father or mother, let him die the death:

11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, "that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me, he shall be free.10

12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered;" and many such like things do ye.

14 And when he had 'called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

7 frustrate. A. V. 8 maintain. Ma. 9 revileth, or, speaketh ill of. Ham. 10 whatsoever thou mightest be profited with by mne is Corban, that is, a gift. Pu. 11 ordained. Ma. Gen.

power thereof. TIT. i. 16: They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him.

f ISA. i. 12: When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?

See on MAT. xv. 4.

h MAT. XV. 5: But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me. do. xxiii. 18: Whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it he is guilty.

'PRO. viii. 5: O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. ISA. vi. 9: And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. MAT. XV. 10: And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand. ACTS, viii. 30: And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read

There is nothing from without a man, that eng into him can defile him: but the things which out of him, those are they that defile the man. 'If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And when he was entered into the house the people, his disciples "asked him conng the parable.

And he saith unto them, Are ye so without standing 12 also? Do ye not perceive,13 that soever thing from without entereth into the it cannot defile him;

Because it entereth not into his heart, but the belly, and goeth out into the draught, ng all meats?

And he said, That which cometh out of the that defileth the man.

For from within, out of the heart of men, ed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications,

ers,

Thefts, covetousness,14 wickedness, 15 deceit, ousness,16 an 'evil eye," blasphemy, 18 pride,

ness:

All these evil things 'come from within, efile the man.

mple. Pu. 13 understand. Pu. 14 immoderate desires. Ham. vetousness. A. V. 16 uncleanness. Co. Ma. Gen. 17 a spiteful 1. 18 calumny. Ham.

phet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou

?

on MAT. xv. 11.

. xi. 15: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. T. xv. 15: Then answered Peter, and said unto him, unto us this parable.

DR. vi. 13: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: shall destroy both it and them.

on MAT. xv. 19.

T. xx. 15: Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with vn? Is thine eye evil, because I am good.

T. xii. 35: A good man out of the good treasure of the

24 And 'from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he 'could not be hid.

25 For a certain woman, whose young 19 daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:

26 The woman was a Greek,20 a Syrophenician21 by nation;22 and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled:23 for 'it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: "yet24 the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

19 little. Pu. 20 Gentile. A. V. 21 Phoenician. Wh. 22 by extraction. Ham. 23 fed. Ma. 24 I pray thee, Lord, for even. Whit.

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heart bringeth forth good things and an evil man out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.

MAT. xv. 21: Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

MARK, ii. I: And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.

MAT. vii. 6: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. do. x. 5, 6: These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

"ROM. XV. 8, 9: Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. EPH. ii. 12-14: That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is

And he said unto her, For this saying go way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she d the devil gone out, and her daughter laid the bed.

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¶ And again, departing from the coasts of and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, ngh the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.25 And they "bring unto him one that was and had an impediment in his speech; and beseech him to put his hand upon him.

And he took him aside from the multitude, out his fingers into his ears, and 'he spit, and hed his tongue;

And 'looking up to heaven, he 'sighed, and unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. And straightway his ears were opened, and

a

25 the ten cities. Co. Ma. Cr.

ace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the wall of partition between us.

T. XV. 29: Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh e sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat here.

AT. ix. 32: Behold, they brought to him a dumb man sed with a devil. LUKE, xi. 14: And he was casting out , and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil ne out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. IN, ix. 6: He spat on the ground, and made clay of the and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. IN, Xi. 41: Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I hee that thou hast heard me. do. xvii. 1: These words Jesus, and lift up his eyes to heaven.

IN, Xi. 33, 38: He groaned in spirit, and was troubled. herefore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. 7. 15: We have not an High-Priest which cannot be with the feeling of our infirmities.

.xxxv. 5, 6: Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the an leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams esert. MAT. xi. 5: The blind receive their sight, and

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the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

36 And he 'charged them that they should tell no man but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;

37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

CHAP. VIII.

1 Christ feedeth the people miraculously: 10 refuseth to give a sign to the Pharisees: 13 admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod: 22 giveth a blind man his sight: 27 acknowledgeth that he is the Christ who should suffer and rise again: 34 and exhorteth to patience in persecution for the profession of the Gospel.

IN those days 'the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat :

3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

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4 And his disciples answered him, From

I am moved with affection for. Pu.

the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.

MARK, V. 43: And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

ACTS, xiv. 11: And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. CHAP. VIII.

MAT. XV. 32: Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, &c.

b MARK, vi. 36, 37: Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat. He answered and